William H Holmes Jr. of Middleborough died unexpectedly October 8th after a brief illness. He was the husband of the late Janet (Birnie) for 35 years and companion to the late Sandra DiBona for the past several years.He was the loving father of Robin Holmes of Middleborough and her late companion Steve Brady, John Holmes of Plymouth and his wife Lauren (Fralick). He was a devoted grandfather of Joshua Holmes and step-grandfather of Cristin, Andrew, Alex, Sarah and Nick Chichetto. He was the loving brother of Helen (Pat) Holmes, Leonard Holmes and his husband Robert Leach, Theresa Nichols and her husband Al, Adrienne Whiting, Elmer Holmes and his wife Dedra, and the late Rosellen Hopkins. He also leaves several nieces and nephews. Son of the late William Sr and Helen G (Cuddy). He was an employee of Shaw's Supermarkets until his retirement in 1997. He was a member of the Bertocci Memorial Club in Brockton. He is being cremated and then will be interned at Dry Pond Cemetery in Stoughton at a later date.